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Indiana Jones Whip Once Owned by Princess Diana Sells for $525,000 at Heritage Auction

The event has become the second-highest grossing film memorabilia sale on record with one day remaining

Other high-value items of film memorabilia sold off included the ‘Rosebud’ sled from Orson Welles’ iconic Citizen Kane.
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Overview

  • The bullwhip used by Harrison Ford in the climax of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade fetched $525,000 including buyer’s premium
  • Thursday’s $14.75 million bid for the Citizen Kane “Rosebud” sled places it among the priciest movie props ever sold
  • Heritage says the auction’s total receipts have outpaced all but one prior entertainment collectibles sale
  • Ford presented the whip to then-Prince Charles at the 1989 U.K. premiere and it later became part of Princess Diana’s collection
  • Remaining high-profile lots include Macaulay Culkin’s Home Alone cap, Kill Bill prop swords and first-edition Harry Potter novels signed by J.K. Rowling